# feac
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfʲak/

### Etymology 1

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#### Noun

feac m or f (genitive singular feac or feice, nominative plural feacanna)
* handle
* spade

##### Declension
###### Masculine

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
feac
feacanna
vocative
a fheac
a fheacanna
genitive
feac
feacanna
dative
feac
feacanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an feac
na feacanna
genitive
an fheac
na bhfeacanna
dative
leis an bhfeac don fheac
leis na feacanna :

###### Feminine

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
feac
feacanna
vocative
a fheac
a fheacanna
genitive
feice
feacanna
dative
feac
feacanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an fheac
na feacanna
genitive
na feice
na bhfeacanna
dative
leis an bhfeac don fheac
leis na feacanna :

##### Derived terms

* feac láí (“handle of a spade”)

### Etymology 2

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#### Noun

feac m (genitive singular feaca)
* bent posture; bustle, hurry

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
feac
vocative
a fheac
genitive
feaca
dative
feac
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an feac
genitive
an fheaca
dative
leis an bhfeac don fheac :

#### Verb

feac (present analytic feacann, future analytic feacfaidh, verbal noun feacadh, past participle feactha)
* (transitive, intransitive) bend

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | feacaim | feacann tú; feacair$^†$ | feacann sé, sí | feacaimid | feacann sibh | feacann siad; feacaid$^†$ | a fheacann; a fheacas / a bhfeacann* | feactar |
| indicative | past | d'fheac mé; d'fheacas / fheac mé‡; fheacas‡ | d'fheac tú; d'fheacais / fheac tú; fheacais‡ | d'fheac sé, sí / fheac sé, sí‡ | d'fheacamar; d'fheac muid / fheacamar; fheac muid‡ | d'fheac sibh; d'fheacabhair / fheac sibh; fheacabhair‡ | d'fheac siad; d'fheacadar / fheac siad; fheacadar‡ | a d'fheac / ar fheac* | feacadh |
| indicative | past habitual | d'fheacainn / fheacainn‡; bhfeacainn‡‡ | d'fheactá / fheactá‡; bhfeactá‡‡ | d'fheacadh sé, sí / fheacadh sé, sí‡; bhfeacadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'fheacaimis; d'fheacadh muid / fheacaimis; fheacadh muid‡; bhfeacaimis‡‡; bhfeacadh muid‡‡ | d'fheacadh sibh / fheacadh sibh‡; bhfeacadh sibh‡‡ | d'fheacaidís; d'fheacadh siad / fheacaidís; fheacadh siad‡; bhfeacaidís‡‡; bhfeacadh siad‡‡ | a d'fheacadh / a bhfeacadh* | d'fheactaí / fheactaí‡; bhfeactaí‡‡ |
| future | future | feacfaidh mé; feacfad | feacfaidh tú; feacfair$^†$ | feacfaidh sé, sí | feacfaimid; feacfaidh muid | feacfaidh sibh | feacfaidh siad; feacfaid$^†$ | a fheacfaidh; a fheacfas / a bhfeacfaidh* | feacfar |
| conditional | conditional | d'fheacfainn / fheacfainn‡; bhfeacfainn‡‡ | d'fheacfá / fheacfá‡; bhfeacfá‡‡ | d'fheacfadh sé, sí / fheacfadh sé, sí‡; bhfeacfadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'fheacfaimis; d'fheacfadh muid / fheacfaimis‡; fheacfadh muid‡; bhfeacfaimis‡‡; bhfeacfadh muid‡‡ | d'fheacfadh sibh / fheacfadh sibh‡; bhfeacfadh sibh‡‡ | d'fheacfaidís; d'fheacfadh siad / fheacfaidís‡; fheacfadh siad‡; bhfeacfaidís‡‡; bhfeacfadh siad‡‡ | a d'fheacfadh / a bhfeacfadh* | d'fheacfaí / fheacfaí‡; bhfeacfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go bhfeaca mé; go bhfeacad$^†$ | go bhfeaca tú; go bhfeacair$^†$ | go bhfeaca sé, sí | go bhfeacaimid; go bhfeaca muid | go bhfeaca sibh | go bhfeaca siad; go bhfeacaid$^†$ | — | go bhfeactar |
| subjunctive | past | dá bhfeacainn | dá bhfeactá | dá bhfeacadh sé, sí | dá bhfeacaimis; dá bhfeacadh muid | dá bhfeacadh sibh | dá bhfeacaidís; dá bhfeacadh siad | — | dá bhfeactaí |
| imperative | imperative | feacaim | feac | feacadh sé, sí | feacaimis | feacaigí; feacaidh$^†$ | feacaidís | — | feactar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | feacadh | feacadh | feacadh | feacadh | feacadh | feacadh | feacadh | feacadh |
| past participle | past participle | feactha | feactha | feactha | feactha | feactha | feactha | feactha | feactha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

##### Derived terms

* feacach (“corrugated”, adjective)
* feacaíocht f (“(act of) bending, yielding”)
* feacaí m (“bender, yielder, compliant person”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “feac”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “feac”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025